Gas traction-engine.



R. C.y TOWNSEND'.

GAS TRAcT'loN ENGINE.

APPLICATON FILED MAR. 30, |911.

1,172,075. Patented Feb.15,1916.

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To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROY-C. TowNsnND, a citizen of the United States, residin at Beloit, in the county of Rock and tate of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas Traction- Engines; and I do hereby declare the fol# lowing to be a full, clear, and exact descrlption of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This `inventionrelates to new and useful improvements in gas traction engines, and more artieularly to that class consisting of a com 'mation supporting frame and cooling device for the engine.

' An object of this invention is to improve and simplify devices of this character, rendering them comparatively simpleand inexpensive to manufacture, reliable and eicient'in use, and readily operated. l

With the above and other objects in view, this invention, resides in the novel features of construction, `formations, combinations and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying. drawing, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates generally a traction engine, consisting of a compartment 2, containing a part of the transmission gearing (not shown) to the front of which is secured a cylindrical casing 3, closed at its opposite ends by heads 4 and '5. The engine 1 is mounted upon suitable wheels 6 and 7 the former of which are driven through the medium of suitable gearing from a gas engine 8, mounted upon the cab' 2 adjacent the cylindrical casing 3.

The engine 8 is incased` by the usual cooling jacket 9, from the upper and lower sides of which lead pipes or conduits 10 and 11. The former of the conduits leads to a suitable dome 12 secured to the outer side.

specmauda of Letters raeat. Paten'td Feb, 15, 1916,

'Application led 'March 30, 1911. Serial No. 617,840. 's

ter is kept flooded at all times, while the lat'- ter of the said conduits is connected with the lower side of the casing 3 adjacent the head 4.. y

A suitable casing, forming a compartment 13, is bolted, or otherwisesecured, to the forward end of thev casing 3, and is con,- nected to the forward end of the gear containing housing by means of suitable tubes 14, whi .h extend through the heads\fl and 5. A stack 15is securedfto the up er, end of the compartment 13, while the ex alst pipe of the engine is extended into sai compartment through one side thereof, and directed upward in the direction of thex said 4stack 15. This exhaust serves to create a 'of the necessary requirements of such a device.

The previous disclosures illustrated one embodiment of myinvention, but it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction may be resorted to `within the scope of the appended claim the spirit of the iinwithout departing from vention.

` top Aof the water jacket 9, whereby the' la't- Having thus fully described'this inven- I,

tion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A traction engine comprising a cylindrical casing having an enlarged portion at one end and an inclosed compartment at the other end, heads fitted in said casing, a plurality of air draft tubes supported by said heads and extending through said casing andcommunicating with the inclosed compartment, an engine mounted on said casing and provided with a water jacket, a Water dome on said casing communicating with the water in said casing, a, water pipe extending from the top of the Water jacket to the top of said dome, a -Water pipe ieaoiing from the bottom of said Water jacket to the bottom of said cylindrical casing, an exhaust pipe leading from said engine to said inolosed compartment, ,a smoke stack on said compartment, said exhaust pipe' leadingr into said smoke stack, and means imams 

